| More bad weather, more airplane angst
Mother Nature's just not going to give JetBlue a break. Snow at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport has led the airline to cancel more than 60 flights today, including the morning flight into Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The afternoon flight into Austin is still listed as "on time," and the 12:05 departure for Kennedy is listed as an hour late. Keep checking, though. Those situations could change, and I'll be on the road all day and won't be updating the blog. Meanwhile, some folks might still be trying to get out of Dallas after Saturday's high winds and dust storms shut both its airports down. Things are running on time up there this morning, but as of last night there were still standby passengers backed up from the weekend. And here in South Padre, I just happened to glance into hubby's shaving kit and see a full tube of toothpaste.
Von Essen Aviation acquires PremiAir Aviation
LONDON (AFX) - Von Essen Aviation has this morning purchased the PremiAir Aviation Group for an undisclosed sum from the Sir Robert McAlpine Group. PremiAir's operating bases at Blackbushe Airport, near Farnborough in Surrey, and Denham Aerodrome, between Heathrow and Luton airports, are part of the deal. The purchase includes PremiAir's engineering and maintenance business as well as its Police Air Support business. The chairman of von Essen Group, Andrew Davis, said the deal would offer the company significant strategic benefits. .
'Why Pay Higher Aviation Taxes Than a Rock Star, When You Don't ...
POTOMAC, Md., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In a statement issued in advance of the House Aviation Subcommittee hearing on FAA reauthorization scheduled for March 21, 2007, David Stempler, President of the Air Travelers Association, asked, "Why should airline passengers pay more aviation taxes than a rock star flying in a private, corporate jet, when airline passengers don't fly like one?" Stempler explained that, "the current system of aviation taxes is unfair because the same aircraft, operated on the same route, using the same air traffic control services, pays vastly different amounts when used by airline passengers versus rock stars and other privileged users of their own corporate jets. For example, an airline Boeing 737 operating from New York to Chicago with airline passengers pays $1,356 in aviation taxes.
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